The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

The lovable gang from the animated TV show leaves Bikini Bottom to come ashore.

"...Arriving a full decade after its big-screen predecessor, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water returns to the hand-drawn..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Nautical nonsense from a highly absorbent animated hero.

"...again the title pretty much says it all. It's SpongeBob. It's a movie. There's nothing you wouldn't expect (with..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Back to Bikini Bottom for another laugh-filled roadtrip

"...Two minutes in to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, and there's a snail..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: August 16

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...Ezra Miller comes out as queer, Spongebob Squarepants becomes an activist, and Paul Ryan has nothing..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Belated Moody New Year… from Ice Land!

Wherein the GP hits Galveston, freezes tuchas, and talks like penguins

"...from Harbin, China. Nickelodeon because the entire exhibit featured SpongeBob Squarepants and crew. Harbin, China because there’s a super-amaze..."

Jan. 7, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

TV Eye

Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell remind us of a time when a talk show largely meant listening.

"...the sardonic Daria Morgendorffer and pals preparing for college... SpongeBob and friends scare up some spooky fun in SpongeBob..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

Spongebob and the Lips converge on Austin Studios, and the local IMAX pumps up its technology for 'The Polar Express'

"...Flaming Lips, directing the band in their new video "SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy" from..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Mondo Gallery Turns the Channel to Nickelodeon

Plus exclusive first look at Avatar print

"...on Nick's most globally successful and subversive animated character: Spongebob Squarepants. Garza said, "We knew we wanted to do..."

Dec. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

First they came for Bob. Then, they came for Buster. Who's next? But, more importantly, when will this witch hunt end?

"...considering that the aforementioned Bob is none other than SpongeBob SquarePants, the goofy Nickelodeon cartoon character. Buster is an..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Couldn't you use a good laugh?

"...what they were looking at to Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, or Little Bill, cartoons I find to be..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Smurfs: The Lost Village

The little blue critters are back

"...pre-teen schlock minus the wacky intellectual heft of, say, SpongeBob SquarePants or the sheer preschool weirdness of The Teletubbies..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...For the pilot episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, show creator Stephen Hillenburg brought in a tank..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Full metal racket.

"...illiterate, ghetto-speaking Skids and Mudflap (voiced by Kenny, of SpongeBob SquarePants fame), who are poised as the breakout Autobots,..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Booze for voters, reduction in semicolon usage, and more

"...In Germany, Spongebob SquarePants is called Spongebob SpongeHead because the German translation..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Alvin and the Chipmunks

What's it all about, Alvin? This by-the-numbers attempt at a chipmunk revival is not bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

"...long as the Earth keeps spinning. As for Hill's (SpongeBob SquarePants) Chipmunk tale, however, it's a strictly by-the-numbers affair,..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hannah Takes the Stairs

The naturalistic indie talker unhurriedly follows a young woman through her days and nights – Nerf-ball games at work, waiting for the bus, and a series of relationships fueled by “chronic dissatisfaction.”

"...and Matt (Osborne, whom I know best from his SpongeBob scripts). The entanglements are awkward, fraught with romantic ambivalence..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Quenching the Flaming Lips

"...checking. This was right around the time of the SpongeBob movie, so they were playing the song they wrote..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

After a Fashion

This may very well be the only time you will see Barney, Tinky-Winky, Winnie the Pooh, and Cher appear in the same 'After a Fashion.' What are you waiting for?

"...sorrows with other Republican reject Kid Rock… And this SpongeBob SquarePants scandal! Doesn't the religious right have anything better..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

Push versus pull, a standardized infrastructure, the death knell of prime time … do you even want to interact with your TV?

"...For more information go to www.startrek.com... Ten episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants were released on VHS and DVD last week...."

March 22, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

South by Gay-west

The official unofficial SXSW recommendations for your queer Austin experience

"...will be walking in categories themed around besties. Think Spongebob and Patrick, Raven and Chelsea, Barbie and Ken –..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

CupcakKe Keeps Austin Pride Going, and the Crowd Moaning, at Sold-Out Antone’s Set

Texas openers Lynn, Shirt Off Fe, and Ladi Earth upped the energy

"...male genitals to the abnormally oblong nose of a SpongeBob SquarePants character, was met with vicious screams. Piccolo flutes..."

Aug. 17, 2023 Music Post by Adam Cherian

We Asked Writers to Review Bands They'd Never Seen Before at Hot Summer Nights

Fresh looks at Grace Sorensen, Witches Exist, Vermin the Villain, Ariel & the Culture

"...gift for you," encouraged Bobadilla, revealing a pack of Spongebob-themed Go-Gurt pouches from behind his back. The tactic broke..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

The Most Memorable Moments of Sunday’s ACL Fest Weekend Two

Urban Heat, Faye Webster, and BIA getting sturdy

"...closed with “Kingston” and a non-musical coda: a live SpongeBob SquarePants illustration fulfilling a fan’s tattoo art request. (The..."

Oct. 17, 2022 Music Post by Laiken Neumann

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Big Bill, CupcakKe, Echo & the Bunnymen, Blxst, Boris, and more live shows to fill your evenings

"...The band, whose gleefully abnormal sound early on approximated SpongeBob singing for the Dead Milkmen and who have since..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Mean Girls

Tina Fey’s musical induces laughter, sensory overload, and acid reflux

"...was bested at the awards ceremony by the short-lived SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, with its one win to..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Rapper Billy Woods Has the Most Intense Lyrics at an Extreme Music Festival

His lines read like a poetry book bound in human flesh

"...promised” fans chanted over the grooved-the-fuck-out bass line of “Spongebob,” a song about the battle of Tora Bora during..."

May 14, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Hello to New Friends Again, Down in Fraggle Rock

Behind the scenes on the revival of the beloved puppet show

"...Enter Tony-nominee Lilli Cooper (SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, Tootsie) as Doc, a boundlessly..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Review: Lake Michigan Monster

Imagine if the Monkees made The Lighthouse

"...to describe Michigan Sea Monster as a more mature Spongebob Squarepants, but nothing about this is mature. Shot in..."

Dec. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: Lake Michigan Monster

Come hear the absurdist sea shanty I sing ye, argh!

"...to describe Michigan Sea Monster as a more mature Spongebob Squarepants, but nothing about this is mature. Shot in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hey Cowboy

"...Named for the dome-dwelling SpongeBob SquarePants squirrel, Hey Cowboy finds a similarly resonant framework..."

April 12, 2019 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe

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